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A spectacular BC Pinot Noir with layers of pleasure, passion and complexity. Reminds me of the best Burgundian Pinots through the mid-palate — a field of wild violets and truffles. Full-bodied and velvet smooth. Oh my. Pair with risotto, veal and duck comfit…

Vancouver Island wines are beginning to make an impact on the B.C. wine map as the region closes in on two decades of production. It’s tiny at 3.5 to four per cent of all the wine made in the province, but size isn’t all that important in the site-driven world of wine where place matters.

For some of B.C.’s largest export sectors, a potential disruption of trade with China – the spectre of which has risen after the arrest of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. CFO Meng Wanzhou last December – would be severe if not catastrophic.

Clear Lake Wineries, a Toronto-based wine exporter, had seen its sales to China rise steadily – until the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in December.

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